Chapter 670: War and Conflict.
Chapter 670: War and Conflict.
Because they have become famous recently, a lot of people gathered on the banks of the Xihe River.
Therefore, neither of them went too far to play in the river, and stayed quietly on the river bank in the camp's jurisdiction for the time being.
It was not until Si He and Yue Fuli set out for Liangzhou that the two of them followed them.
The following Liangzhou "Medicine-Giving Conference" was similar to the one in Zhongzhou, where ten lucky people were randomly selected from tens of thousands of people and rewarded with longevity pills.
As for the noble families and medical clinics that provide relief to the common people, the treatment is the same as that in Zhongzhou. Every ten households are eligible to draw a longevity pill, and each household must meet the relief standards.
For example, those who provide porridge must provide a specified amount of food every day to make porridge or cakes, and officials will personally verify this, so that no one can find loopholes.
For example, in terms of relief for medical clinics, each clinic must send out ten doctors, set up ten stalls, treat patients, and donate a prescribed amount of medicinal materials. If the medicinal materials are not enough, the patients will be given some money as subsidies.
The authorities will also post detailed announcements on these relief standards so that the people of Liangzhou can know some details, which can also allow the people to play a supervisory role.
There is no upper limit on the number of relief recipients, which allows more wealthy families and well-established medical clinics to participate. In any case, the final drawing method is the same, with one lottery for every ten households.
For Yu Sihe, it was just a few more longevity pills, but it could benefit more people, which was also a good thing.
With the launch of the "Medicine-Giving Conference" in Zhongzhou and Liangzhou, the news spread quickly to all provinces like wings. Before long, the people of the entire Great Yan Kingdom had heard about it. For a time, the people in the territories of other forces were envious and jealous.
These benefits to the people made many people wish that Yue Fuli would quickly take back their city so that they could also benefit from it.
Moreover, these benefits are only secondary. The most important thing is that the world is much more peaceful and not so turbulent in the territory under Yue Fuli's jurisdiction. Nowadays, many forces are exploiting the people in order to preserve their territory and increase military supplies and manpower. Even the noble families have a hard time.
In comparison, the state capitals that Yue Fuli took back were much more stable.
Since Yue Fuli has been appointed as the crown prince by Yue Tian, he now has the title of King of the Little East Han. Although the Jizhou controlled by the Yue family is far from comparable to the territory he owns, he is still a member of the Yue family after all.
Therefore, Yue Fuli has never cared about the territory in Jizhou. He also refused the Yue family's repeated summons on the grounds of being busy with official duties. Now is not the time to take over Jizhou, so the Yue family will temporarily control it and make plans later.
Of course, the Yue family didn't dare send anyone else, because the clansmen they had sent before were "detained" for various reasons and could not return. Who would dare to come now? At most, they would send some subordinates to pass on the message.
With the influence of the "Medicine Bestowal Conference" and the increasingly stable territory in Yue Fuli's hands, other forces have gradually become restless, fearing that he will attack them after sufficient preparation.
So, just as the "Medicine-Giving Conference" in Liangzhou ended and it was Qingzhou's turn, other forces united again and launched a siege. The Beisha Kingdom also began to send troops to attack. For a time, the situation became turbulent again.
Therefore, the "Medicine-Giving Conference" in other states was temporarily suspended to focus on fighting the enemy.
Although the situation was turbulent and broken, the state capitals within the territory were relatively stable, at least not as chaotic as the territories of other forces.
Si He followed Yue Fuli's army to various places to provide support and conquer.
Now, as his power expands, he has recruited many Taoists. If there is a fight, there is no need to use Si He anymore. If the ghost flute is needed, these Taoists will do it.
Because the ghost flute is too lethal, it is not used in general small-scale battles or sieges.
Moreover, thanks to his full training over the years, he now has twelve capable men under his command, each of whom holds a sword to ward off evil.
These precious swords have been slowly nurtured by the huge resentful evil spirit on the battlefield and have become extraordinary. When fighting against the enemy, the evil spirit on the swords can affect people's minds, and the enemy generals can only exert 60% or 70% of their strength at most, or even worse.
Therefore, in open and honest hostile fights, these generals wielding swords would often gain the upper hand and suppress the enemy.
If it is a siege, it will involve evil fighting. The battle often takes place at night, assisted by Taoists, while the Dark Guard Battalion takes the ghost babies as the vanguard, mainly using sneak attacks.
Now that the ghost babies have been trained and tempered for so long, and their energy is replenished by the spiritual essence given by Si He when it is consumed, their strength is increasing again and again. Ordinary evil creatures are no match for them at all, and ordinary Taoists can't do anything to them.
If a powerful Taoist priest were to attack, the ghost flute could be used to assist, depending on the situation.
However, due to the joint siege by multiple forces, and the large-scale attack by the Beisha Kingdom, several wars and conflicts were going on simultaneously, and the pressure was extremely great, so they had no choice but to disperse the troops and attacking teams.
In this way, there will be winners and losers in the war.
Losing a few battles is a normal thing on the battlefield. Just try your best to preserve your troops and main combat personnel, switch from offense to defense, and then wait for reinforcements to arrive before attacking again.
This series of wars lasted for more than half a year.
It was not until late autumn that Momo and Wuwu hibernated in the river again and the war temporarily stopped.
During this half year, Yue Fuli's territory expanded a lot again. Only three major states in the entire Great Yan Kingdom were confiscated and taken into his hands, namely the two major states in Jizhou and Kyoto.
However, it's only a matter of time.
After more than half a year of fighting, all parties tacitly stopped the war, not because they wanted to make more preparations, but because a fierce battle was inevitable.
The Beisha Kingdom is fine, but the people in Kyoto are extremely anxious, like ants on a hot pan, because the next battlefield will be on their side, and it is estimated that it will not be later than the beginning of next spring.
Therefore, during the armistice period, the forces in the Kyoto area were constantly active, but they were just frequent alliances with various forces, exchanges of interests, marriages, and even secret contacts with the forces of the Beisha Kingdom.
As for surrendering to Yue Fuli, they have now given up this plan because they have tried it before. They also tried to get the most noble princess to marry or give up some benefits, but without exception, they failed.
In this undercurrent situation, Si He and Yue Fuli stayed in the capital city of Qingzhou to integrate the resources here and strengthen the border defense here. After all, this place is adjacent to other countries, and the Chen family's forces had secret interests with other countries before, so they have been at peace.
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